Dienstag, 22. Dezember 2009

Don Ellis Discography

When I compiled this discography, at the beginning I used the notes of Lutz Fürnsin from Austria. Met him only once and we three old fellows - Lutz, Klaus Schulz and myself - got drunk at a "Heurigen" in Vienna. I suppose this happened about 1990. Sadly, Lutz died around 2000, Klaus last year. So I'm the only one of the trio still on this planet.The discography was incomplete, I added many, many information. I will add more before I shall die. Jürgen Dittwald sent a whole bunch of information. all are included in this version. Many thanks, dear Jürgen!Michael Frohne

Note:
17. mislabelled "Rock me to sleep" on LP jacket
Forum FS 9035 is a reissue of SR-52038, but early pressings have a wrong sequence on Side B and
13554 mistakenly appears as B-3 and 13655 appears as B-5 without identification. 13556, 13559 and
13652 are missing on those pressings and 13549 appears twice!

Note:
The world premiere presentation of this Don Ellis composition took place during November 1967.
A 1971 Version by the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra and the Northern Arizona Jazz Band can be seen as youtube video
There is also a version on muzofox with the Oltenia Big Band featuring Gabriel Rosati tp and Lucian Nagy sax recorded in Craiova, Romania 2012

Patrick Henry High School: Unknown title
Palmdale High School: Corazon
Burbank High School: unknown title
Mann Junior High School: Also sprach Zarathustra
Escondido High School unknown title
Southwestern College Stage Band: First Child / Watermelon man

Don Ellis A & M Studios, Los Angeles, CA June 26 + 27, 1977
LP: Atlantic SD 18227 DON ELLIS AND SURVIVAL MUSIC FROM OTHER GALAXIES AND PLANETS FEATURING THE MAIN TITLE THEME FROM STAR WARS
LP: Atlantic (Eu) 50393 DON ELLIS AND SURVIVAL MUSIC FROM OTHER GALAXIES AND PLANETS FEATURING THE MAIN TITLE THEME FROM STAR WARS
EP: 1.3.5.9. (Bras) unknown number DON ELLIS AND SURVIVAL MUSIC FROM OTHER
GALAXIES AND PLANETS FEATURING THE MAIN TITLE THEME FROM STAR WARS
Single: 1.3. Atlantic 3409
CD: Wounded Bird WOU-8227 DON ELLIS AND SURVIVAL MUSIC FROM OTHER GALAXIES AND PLANETS FEATURING THE MAIN TITLE THEME FROM STAR WARS
Note: according to different matrix number listings 1.2. and 3.-10. could have been recorded at different dates

Note: I recorded this concert on my small audio cassette machine. Sound quality was lo-fi. I was on the way back from holidays and spend some days in Berlin. By chance, the Don Ellis Star Wars Band played at the Technische Universität. All dressed in white, walking through the hall while playing.

Note: the videoclip is 07:11; after the first title Don Ellis is to be seen regarding a painting. There are about 00:30 from the next tune to be heard
this is part of the Electric Heart movie of which I will include information during this following week

Did Don Ellis actually play on United States of America (Columbia LP)?
He is not included on cover information. Probably Joe Byrd co-founded the New Music Workshop together with Don Ellis and after Don Ellis left, the group USoA was born. But it could be that Don Ellis returned for the recording.